Politics

What did several thinkers believe would encompass the world after the Cold War ended?

• Anarchy

• Western-style capitalist democracy

• Dictatorship

• Communism

What did the Bush administration neo-cons argue as the United States invaded Iraq in 2003?

• The Middle East would remain under dictatorship

• The Middle East would give way to democracy

• The Middle East would become an anarchy

• The Middle East would become a communist region

What did the 2011 Arab Spring seem to show?

• The longing for anarchy

• The longing for democracy

• The longing for dictatorship

• The longing for communism

What happened to Russian democracy after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• It transformed into state-managed capitalism

• It became a Western-style capitalist democracy

• It remained a communist regime

• It collapsed back into an autocracy

What did the Chinese Communist chiefs proclaim despite dramatic economic growth?

• They would form a communist alliance

• They would step down from power

• They would transition to a democracy

• They would keep ruling

What is the ongoing competition between people, usually in groups, to shape policy in their favor?

• Economics

• Anthropology

• Sociology

• Politics

According to Niccolò Machiavelli, what is politics ultimately about?

• Freedom

• Power

• Justice

• Equality

What did the Milgram study demonstrate about human behavior?

• Most people are naturally indifferent

• Most people are naturally aggressive

• Most people are naturally rebellious

• Most people are naturally conformist

What do cultural theorists believe behavior is derived from?

• Biological inheritance

• Psychological needs

• Centuries of evolution

• Learned culture

What does the cultural approach to political life hold?

• Optimism

• Pessimism

• Indifference

• Skepticism